8×6 Greenhouse
8×6 greenhouses seem to be by far the most popular size here in the UK with gardeners. Most gardeners with a bit of spare space in their garden can generally find enough room to fit an 8×6 greenhouse in somewhere, somehow ! An 8×6 offers a good amount of growing space, generally around 5 square metres which is more than adequate for most people looking to bring on a few seedlings, grow a healthy crop of tomatoes or over winter less hardy garden plants.
There is a massive choice of 8×6 greenhouses available in many colours, glazing types and construction types. By far the most popular type today though are the polycarbonate glazed greenhouses by such manufacturers such as Gardman and Palram. Both of these brands give you a steel base, an aluminium frame and polycarbonate glazing. The advantage of polycarbonate over glass is first and foremost that polycarbonate is far safer than glass in as far as it won’t smash leaving dangerous shards of glass exposed. Of course polycarbonate won’t smash and this makes it ideal for those of us with families or dogs that love running around the garden at break neck speeds !
Grow Master 8×6 Greenhouse
The 8×6 Grow Master Greenhouse is an extremely popular greenhouse with the UK’s gardeners as it simply cannot be beaten for value and features. This superb greenhouse comes in below £300 delivered ! What’s so good about the Grow Master 8×6 ? Well you get a silver galvanized steel 5 inch high base, a silver anodized aluminium frame and 4mm twin wall polycarbonate. The anodized finish on this greenhouse not only looks very nice but also protects the frame from rust and drastically extends the life of your greenhouse. The glazing is in effect double glazed, hence it’s name “twin wall”. This gives excellent heat retention and insulates the greenhouse throughout the growing year far better than glass and without the risk of dangerous breakages.
The Grow Master has a unique glazing system that dispenses with the traditional “glazing clips” used for holding in glazing panels in most polycarbonate greenhouses. Instead the glazing is contained within the aluminium frame in deep grooves. This gives great wind protection meaning that your glazing won’t pop out in windy conditions.
The Grow Master 8×6 Greenhouse comes complete with one opening roof vent to keep your greenhouse cool and a smooth sliding door for easy access. There is a host of accessories available for the greenhouse such as automatic roof vent openers (autovents) and various staging and shelving types.
Palram 8×6 Greenhouse
Palram are a high quality greenhouse manufacturer from Israel who specialize in high quality polycarbonate greenhouses. Palram are unique however as their greenhouses feature “crystal clear polycarbonate” rather than the twin wall (double glazed) variety. This clear polycarbonate gives exactly the same performance as glass in terms of light transmission to your plants but offers less insulation than the Gardman greenhouse with it’s twin wall glazing. Again a steel base and aluminium frame feature, with the Palram greenhouses available in both silver and green.
Whichever greenhouse you choose, these greenhouses are definitely worth checking out because as cheap greenhouses go, you won’t find better !